The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1887-04-30

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so is fathers bust of Napoleon.
Locks like him, by the way, and one
a about as much animation as the
otHer. The most provoking thing
at0ut him is that he will never do
d thin8 ffqt is not perfectly proper
of nlf)8d put pin in the arm
"a dAiT chair yesterday, and,
insl d Of yelling when he leaned on
th& boint he quietly took it out,
sSs. ed over to my work-box and
deposited it there as If pins, point up,
were the most every day matters. l
haven't done a harum- -scarum thing
since he came, that he has not caught
me in the act. Lizzie, l wonder if l
couldn't make him Jealous: l mean
to try !"
"Take care, Nettie, take care Il! You
are playing with edged tools. You
may offend Leigh forever"
"Id1at naieatr 1 hate him !" And
Nettie dashed out of the room, leav-
ing her lame cousin and cunfdant
aghast at her sudden outburst.
Lizzie heard day after day, with a
new pain. Nettie's pranks of flirta-
ton and tormenting,
liam free !"
Nettie threw back the door and
rushed in with burning cheeks and
flashing eyes.
81 am free, Lizzie My magnifi-
cent cousin came to me an hour or
two ago to ask a private interview.
He informed me that when he grad
uted as physician, with his heart
full of glory and responsibility of his
profession, he had come here, trust.
ing to find wife who would be his
companion and true helpmate in the
arduous life before him, He had
hoped that my liveliness was merely
youthful spirits, but finding me
heartless and frivolous he preferred
poverty to marriage with a flirt and
withdrew his claims to my hand"
"Oh, Nettie! Such heart as you
have thrown away! In the hours he
has spent here trying TO relieve me L
have learned much of the nobleness
of his nature, more of his love for
you. He has so hoped that you would
let your own generous, frank nature
show you the folly of your frivolous
I ways"
II have had one lecture, Lizzie {;
pray spare me second. Leigh Har.
rison may seek somewhere else a
wife as cold and censorious as him
self"
"And you?"
"Oh ~ with a nervous laugh, she
has kindly indicated my future for
me-" and Nettie lett the room as ab-
ruptly as she had entered it, to fly to
her own chamber, lock the door, and
indulge in long, bitter fit of weep
ing.
Leigh Harrison was riding and
musing. With his own hand he had
Just torn from his heart Its one bright
spot, and his heart ached sorely as he
took his long, lonely ride. He had
promised his uncle to finish his prom
ised visit and remain some weeks
longer. AS he drew his horse up to
the stable door, one of the servants
came suddenly to meet him.
"Oh! DIR. Harrison, 1 am so glad
you have come; Miss Lizzie, sir, is
very ill. Will you come quick ?"
"What is it, Bessie?"
lone of the dreadful attacks she
used to have when she first hurt hei
spine, sir"
The quick firm step of her cousin
was the first grateful sound Nettie
had heard since she had been called
to her Cousins side. All embarrass
ment was forgotten as she sprang tC
meet him.
"Oh! Leigh, help mel"
"Yon have seen her in these attacks
BEFORE" he said gravely, "tell mt
what you have done then, and how
she was taken now"
Clearly and concisely, while she ye
tried to still the writhing form of thu
sufferer, Nettie described former at
tacks and their treatment, and thu
probable cause of the present one.
"You say you haYe used ether sue
cessfully? ?"
"Yes; but DIR. H said ther'
was some trouble of the heart max
ing it dangerous"
AT last the danger was over +; ant
after fortnight of devoted watching
Lizzie was pronounced cOnvalescent
and her weary little nurse consented
, to leave her for long afternoon
asleep in her own room. ......
u "If you please" said Bessie's scar